Ramapo Lake–East Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Castle Viewpoint Loop, 9 sights is a 3.9-mile loop in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Wanaque, NJ. The route passes North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint, Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint, Ramapo Lake and 2 more. It climbs 475 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi203 – 669 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Indian Rock Trail 41.03458, -74.28592
Nearest town Wanaque, NJ
Directions
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Ramapo Lake–East Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Castle Viewpoint Loop, 9 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 203–670 ft
Loop · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Indian Rock Trail · 41.03458, -74.28592
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Indian Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Cresent, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pete's Path, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left onto North Shore Drive, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Ramapo Lake.
- 50 ftBear right onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass East Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Castle Viewpoint.
- 100 ftTurn right onto East Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Castle Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftPass South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Viewpoint.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Indian Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
95% dirt1% paved4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Indian Rock Trail Trailhead
- Wanaque Ridge Viewpoint–Profile Rock, 3 viewpoints 2.4 mi · ▲ 409 ft
- Pool Hollow Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 487 ft
- Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road–Pete's Path, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 722 ft
- LeGrande Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake Loop, 10 viewpoints 4.4 mi · ▲ 793 ft
- Profile Rock–Ramapo Lake, 8 viewpoints 4.6 mi · ▲ 714 ft
- Ramapo Lake–East Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Castle Viewpoint, 7 sights 5 mi · ▲ 762 ft
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